Briefly in the News: Optimist Club to hold Halloween event

By Mark Kellam

Oct. 28, 2016 6:22 PM PT

The Optimist Club of Burbank will hold a Halloween carnival from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday at Vickroy Park, 2300 W. Monterey Place, Burbank.

There will be games, prizes and candy at the free event.

The organization is seeking teen volunteers who would like to earn service learning hours. For more information about volunteering, call (818) 216-9377 or email jrdiel@aol.com.

Woodbury’s architecture school to host open house

Woodbury University’s School of Architecture will host an open house from 2 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The school is located at 7500 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank.

Visitors will have an opportunity to meet some of the school’s faculty, administrators and current graduate students as well as learn about the admissions process, scholarships and financial aid.

Those who want to see an example of the school’s lecture series can stay for a talk by Sandy Attia and Matteo Scagnol of the Italian design office MoDus Architects at 6:30 p.m.

Mark Kellam, mark.kellam@latimes.com

Twitter: @LAMarkKellam

Mark Kellam

Mark Kellam was city editor of the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. He joined Times Community News in July 2011 as the business-politics reporter and was promoted to city editor in January 2013. Previously, he was an editor at the Los Angeles Daily News and managing editor at Champion Newspapers in Chino, Calif. Prior to that, he was an editor at Amos Suburban Newspapers in Dayton, Ohio, for several years. Kellam holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.